Peter Cossins
@petercossins.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, cyclist living in the Ariège and currently working on a book about the Pyrenees
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Peter Cossins
@petercossins.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Put this together to help bike fans find their favourite teams, riders and writers on Bluesky. Not many out there so far, in fact I've not found a single rider on here, but the community's growing fast. Let me know if there's anyone I should add
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Ratcliffe is, quite obviously, factually, morally & intellectually wrong about immigration. But his racist comments will be 'both-sided' everywhere because people who simply don't like seeing non-white faces aren't ashamed to say so anymore.
February 12, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Ratcliffe is, quite obviously, factually, morally & intellectually wrong about immigration. But his racist comments will be 'both-sided' everywhere because people who simply don't like seeing non-white faces aren't ashamed to say so anymore.
Both of those things probably. So many billionaires are totally cuckoo these days.
No escaping the irony of a guy who backed Brexit complaining about rising immigration since Brexit - and with totally incorrect data too. Straight from the Trump play book
No escaping the irony of a guy who backed Brexit complaining about rising immigration since Brexit - and with totally incorrect data too. Straight from the Trump play book
February 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Both of those things probably. So many billionaires are totally cuckoo these days.
No escaping the irony of a guy who backed Brexit complaining about rising immigration since Brexit - and with totally incorrect data too. Straight from the Trump play book
No escaping the irony of a guy who backed Brexit complaining about rising immigration since Brexit - and with totally incorrect data too. Straight from the Trump play book
Easier to understand now why he’s always been so reluctant to talk to the press given how well this is going for him. Lots commenting on how he’s stocked the Man U team with immigrants
Starmer tells Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK ‘colonised’ by immigrants
PM calls comments by Man United co-owner, who also hit out at people on benefits, ‘offensive and wrong’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Easier to understand now why he’s always been so reluctant to talk to the press given how well this is going for him. Lots commenting on how he’s stocked the Man U team with immigrants
Monaco I believe
February 11, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Monaco I believe
“an intelligent man, and I think he’s got good intentions”. That’s the great Sir Jim on Nigel Farage. The colour of the shorts is the least of his team’s problems
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to tax-free Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits
The billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who moved to tax-free Monaco in 2020, has claimed that the UK is being “colonised” by immigrants.
Speaking in an interview with Sky News, Britain’s seventh-richest man and the part-owner of Manchester United FC took aim at people receiving state support and immigrants. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
“an intelligent man, and I think he’s got good intentions”. That’s the great Sir Jim on Nigel Farage. The colour of the shorts is the least of his team’s problems
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Mate, it was 1066. Move on.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Mate, it was 1066. Move on.
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Just because someone is rich and highly successful in business doesn't mean their brain can't be utterly melted online.
February 11, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Just because someone is rich and highly successful in business doesn't mean their brain can't be utterly melted online.
Costs me a €100/year in France, underlining what a rip-off this is
February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Costs me a €100/year in France, underlining what a rip-off this is
There are so many places like this. I regularly ride through a "martyr village" where many locals were massacred in 1944 and past a chateau where Jewish children were hidden
February 9, 2026 at 12:10 PM
There are so many places like this. I regularly ride through a "martyr village" where many locals were massacred in 1944 and past a chateau where Jewish children were hidden
If you're interested in the history of the terrain on which races take place, I recommend episodes 6&7 of HBO's Band of Brothers which are set in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944. I wrote about the 101st Airborne in The Monuments & this series adds such depth to this engagement
February 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
If you're interested in the history of the terrain on which races take place, I recommend episodes 6&7 of HBO's Band of Brothers which are set in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944. I wrote about the 101st Airborne in The Monuments & this series adds such depth to this engagement
The drought is over. They hadn't won for a week
Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Emirates-XRG) remporte au sprint la 1re étape du #TourofOman ! Le Colombien (31 ans) devance son compatriote Fernando Gaviria (Caja Rural) et le Belge Gerben Thijssen (Alpecin-Premier Tech).
7e succès en 2026 pour UAE, le premier pour Molano.
7e succès en 2026 pour UAE, le premier pour Molano.
February 7, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The drought is over. They hadn't won for a week
Relieved that "Penisgate" wasn't triggered by a certain WT team's shorts
February 6, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Relieved that "Penisgate" wasn't triggered by a certain WT team's shorts
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Does anyone sell subatomic sized violins?
February 5, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Does anyone sell subatomic sized violins?
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Sounds like you called it, Peter. Stage to go ahead on road bikes only, times won’t count for GC, but there will be a stage winner.
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Sounds like you called it, Peter. Stage to go ahead on road bikes only, times won’t count for GC, but there will be a stage winner.
It's very windy at the Valencia Tour, maybe too windy for a TT?
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
It's very windy at the Valencia Tour, maybe too windy for a TT?
Very Hard to believe that the Saudis will invest significantly in cycling after reading this
Newcastle’s Saudi vision is shrouded in bleak suspicion and unfulfilled promises | Jonathan Liew
Vivid dreamscape sold to fans in 2021 is yet to materialise amid layers upon layers of economics and geopolitics
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Very Hard to believe that the Saudis will invest significantly in cycling after reading this
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French trolling is just superb.
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
French trolling is just superb.
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I always thought that those people who insist on trying to take souvenir WWI shells on the Eurostar and end up closing down Gare du Nord win the prize for the dumbest use of historic munitions. I was wrong . . .
French hospital treats man with WWI shell up his rectum
Bomb disposal experts had to be called to a hospital in south-west France on Sunday after a patient arrived with a WWI shell lodged in his rectum.
www.thelocal.fr
February 2, 2026 at 7:52 AM
I always thought that those people who insist on trying to take souvenir WWI shells on the Eurostar and end up closing down Gare du Nord win the prize for the dumbest use of historic munitions. I was wrong . . .
I mean a match-up in cyclo-cross, not on the road. It's the kind of crazy challenge Pogačar might just fancy
February 1, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I mean a match-up in cyclo-cross, not on the road. It's the kind of crazy challenge Pogačar might just fancy
As we look ahead to another Pogi-MVDP match-up in the spring Classics, I can't help wondering how things might play out if they were to contest the CX Worlds. What a duel that could be
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
As we look ahead to another Pogi-MVDP match-up in the spring Classics, I can't help wondering how things might play out if they were to contest the CX Worlds. What a duel that could be
A romp to a record-breaking eighth world title for MVDP, beautiful to watch, especially on the banks where his power advantage was so evident
February 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
A romp to a record-breaking eighth world title for MVDP, beautiful to watch, especially on the banks where his power advantage was so evident
There are always bad things happening, sport's one of the balms
February 1, 2026 at 12:39 PM
There are always bad things happening, sport's one of the balms
That is a nice one, stood there a few times myself
January 30, 2026 at 2:36 PM
That is a nice one, stood there a few times myself
It's been 8 at Grand Tours since 2018, security concerns one of the reasons for that reduction
January 30, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It's been 8 at Grand Tours since 2018, security concerns one of the reasons for that reduction
Lots of disappointment over the TDF wild card choice of Caja Rural over Unibet Rockets (who are as French as fish and chips), but should there even be a 23rd team given safety concerns? Wasn't having 23 in 2025 supposed to be a one-off?
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Lots of disappointment over the TDF wild card choice of Caja Rural over Unibet Rockets (who are as French as fish and chips), but should there even be a 23rd team given safety concerns? Wasn't having 23 in 2025 supposed to be a one-off?